Decisions we make

Its funny to see how people in different walks of life behave from others. Currently, I am sitting on a couch at a friends house. We had a little get together last night and had a few drinks, smoked some hookah, and watched some awful movies. Despite having this in common, our morning behavior is very different.

One friend began to check his Facebook, the other two hopped onto Reddit. I began to continue my work for my internship that I had begun last night. It struck me after an hour or so that I had just spent the last hour earning money, while my three friends had accomplished nothing more than a few laughs. I wonder which is better? I mean, you need some laughter in your life, and having a good time is important to keep up good health and just be happy. But working gives you a sense of fulfillment that I don't can be matched in the same way by happiness. I'm not saying ones better than the other, just that they give different senses of accomplishment.

My friend who I got a job recently is sitting with his facebook page open, leaning back and he vaguely resembles Steven Hawkings. We do different things for the same person, so we make a different amount of money. He gathers images for products and sends them over, I create XML documents linking videos to products. I get paid a small amount per item, and he gets paid a tenth of what I get paid. He's been complaining recently and not been getting much work done. His main issues are that his computer is slow (this being because his hard drive is literally almost filled and his computer is a few years older) and his internet connection is shaky at best. So he's been complaining, but in all honestly, they're excuses. Maybe its just my work mindset in this, but its extremely easy work. Boring yes, easy to go do something else yes, easy to not do work. But if it was me in his shoes, I would see this as the opportunity it is. He can work from home, he can work at his own pace, he can do it when he's bored. There's no real demand so long as he delivers something, and it looks good on a resume if he uses the right wording (as all things can).

It frustrates me to see my friends stagnate and get caught up in the internet-do-nothing-club. Especially when they could be bettering themselves. I think that's one of the key points in losing friends by going to college. When you broaden your own horizons so to speak, you want your friends to as well. And when they can't or aren't willing to, then distance occurs between the friends. I feel like there's a bit more distance in my relationships with people from my hometown, probably because of this. False promises of, oh I'll go to school next year. Excuses of, I just can't do it right now. Aimlessness of not having a clear direction in life. So many things that keep people from being better. Its sad.

I just wish that all my friends could live their lives to the fullest, kinda lame sounding I guess, but I do really wish that.